Komodo User Guide

Welcome to Komodo

Komodo is ActiveState's cross-platform, multi-language Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Komodo supports development in numerous languages, including Perl, Python, PHP, XSLT, Tcl, JavaScript, and more.

Get started fast with Komodo's Sample Project.

Upgrading? See what's new in this release.

Documentation about documentation:

The Komodo Tutorials


Take a visual tour of:

Komodo Professional includes all the features of Komodo Personal, plus:

Help Browser Elements

The Komodo Help Browser is invoked from within Komodo by pressing the <F1> key, or by clicking the Help icon on the toolbar. An HTML version of the Komodo User Guide can be accessed from the Windows Start menu.

Help Browser Navigation Buttons

The Komodo Help Browser navigation buttons are located in the top left corner.

  • Show / Hide toggles the display of the Contents pane
  • Align re-sizes the display of the Help Browser and the Komodo workspace for reading the Komodo Tutorials
  • Back displays the page that was previously displayed
  • Forward displays the next page in the browser history
  • Home displays the Welcome to Komodo page (this page)
  • Find searches for a word or phrase in the current page
  • ASPN connects to ASPN, the ActiveState Programmer Network
  • Print prints the page that is currently displayed

To change the font size:

  • Ctrl - ] will increase the font
  • Ctrl - [ will decrease the font

Help Browser Contents Pane

The Contents pane is located on the left side of the Help Browser. The Contents pane is used to navigate the table of contents the Komodo User Guide. To expand or collapse the headings in the Contents pane, click the arrow to the left of the heading

Help Browser Search Pane

The Search pane is located on the left side of the Help Browser. Click the tab labelled "Search" to hide the Contents pane and display the Search pane. The Search pane is used to search all documents in the document set. See Searching the Entire User Guide for instructions on using the Search Pane.

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Searching the User Guide

Searching the Current Page

To search for instances of a word or phrase in the help page that is currently displayed, click the Find button on the Browser Navigator Bar. Enter the desired text in the Find text field, and click Find to proceed. The first occurrence of the text will be highlighted on the help page; click the Find button again to find the next occurrence, and so on. The following options are available:

  • Match Case if this option is selected, only text that exactly matches the case of the value entered in the Find text field will be highlighted.
  • Wrap around if this option is selected, when the last occurrence of the search text is is found on the page, the search function will return to the top of the page and continue searching. (If the Search backwards box is checked, the search function will return to the bottom of the page and continue searching.)
  • Search backwards if this option is selected, the search will proceed from the current cursor position towards the top, rather than towards the bottom, of the page. By default, the cursor position is at the top of the help page. However, if you have previously used the search function on the current page, the cursor position will be located at the point where the last instance of text was highlighted. (Also, if you click the text on the help page, the cursor position will be located at the point where you clicked, although the cursor is not visible. You can also double-click to highlight a word and thus display the cursor position.)

Searching the Entire User Guide

To search all the pages in the document set for instances of a word or phrase, click the Search tab located to the right of the Contents tab. Enter the desired text in the Find field, and click Get Topics to proceed. Every page that has an instance of the word or phrase will be displayed in the pane beneath the Find field. To display a page, click on the page title in the Item pane. Use the Search Current Page function to locate a word or phrase within the current page.

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Tip of the Day

The new "Tip of the Day" provides quick hints on Komodo features that are often overlooked.

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Sending Feedback

We welcome your feedback! See Sending Feedback.